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The snowman / Raymond Briggs.

Briggs, Raymond,: (author,, illustrator.).

Summary:

a little boy makes friends with a snowman. He wakes up on a snowy day, tells his mother he's going outside, then begins a flurry of snowman-building. That night, he can't sleep, so he opens the front door and lo! the snowman has come to life. The amiable yet frosty fellow enjoys his tour of the boy's cozy home; he admires the cat, but is disturbed by the fire. The boy shows him other wonders--the TV and a lamp and running water. Predictably perhaps, he is disturbed by the stove, but likes ice cubes quite a bit. Soon it is the snowman's turn to introduce the boy to his wintry world. They join hands, rise up into the blizzardy air--presumably over Russia and into the Middle East--and then safely back to home sweet home. The boy pops into bed before his parents get up... but when he wakes up the next morning he races outside only to find his new buddy's melted remains, scattered with a few forlorn lumps of coal. Since the book is wordless, you can make up any ending you want... like "Then, in a puff of pink smoke, the snowman recomposed himself and went to live in the boy's garage freezer." Or you could just resign yourself to a peaceful "And that was that."

Record details

ISBN: 0394839730
ISBN: 9780394839738
ISBN: 0394939735
ISBN: 9780394939735
ISBN: 0394884663
ISBN: 9780394884660
Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House, [1978]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:	Ages: 3-7.
Awards Note:	American Library Association Notable Award. Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner. International Reading Association hildren's Choice. School Library Journal Best Books of the Year.